As the simulation progresses, the virtual floor will fill up with circles and Xs, indicating successful and unsuccessful shots, and your players will begin piling on the points, rebounds, and assists, while their energy rating will drain the longer they're kept in the game.
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When simulating a game via HoopCast, you're taken to a menu that shows you constantly updating stat windows for both teams and players, plus a representation of the court itself.
In addition to simply simulating games the old-fashioned way or playing in coach mode, a new method called HoopCast lets you have a bit more control over the game's outcome than a traditional simulation, without having to play the game in real time. The college basketball season is long, but you aren't required to play out all of the games if you don't want to in 2K7. Once the season gets going, the weekly show will focus on previews of upcoming games, recaps of big match-ups from the prior week (using in-game footage for the highlight reel, which is a nice touch) as well as news on the recruiting front. Before the season begins, the pair will run down the top 25 teams in the nation, as well as their picks for first- and second-team All Americans. The game also includes an updated and upgraded weekly "broadcast" starring Greg Gumble and Clark Kellogg. You'll spend much of your time on the team calendar as you move through your season, be it simulating up to your next game, dealing with roster adjustments, or handling in- and off-season recruiting duties. Your contract signing taken care of, you'll next hire a couple of assistant coaches and adjust your schedule as you like, and then it's off to the races. For the most part the resemblance between a virtual coach and the real thing is pretty good, but if you want to create a 6'10" alternate version of Lute Olson, go right ahead. 2K7 includes many real-life coaches in the game, such as Florida's Billy Donovan, North Carolina's Roy Williams, and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, among many others. In open mode, you choose the school you wish to coach and are then offered the chance to alter the coach appearance as you see fit. In the career version you start off by creating your virtual coach, then choosing the contract you wish to take on.
#COLLEGE HOOPS 2K8 PS2 LEGACY MODE SERIES#
The mechanics of either version of legacy mode will feel very familiar to series vets. Bottom line: You can hardly go wrong by keeping your team playing.well, like a team. An experienced team with a high unity rating will benefit in the preseason polls and, once the NCAA tournament (or the NIT, which is a new addition to the game this year) rolls around, high-unity teams might find themselves in a better seeding. Team unity won't just affect your team's on-the-court performance-where unified teams of mediocre players can even take down an undisciplined team of better athletes-it also will have an affect on how your team is perceived in the game. We wrote about how unity works in our previous look at College Hoops 2K7, and it's nice to see the concept carry over into the most significant single-player portion of the game. The coaches' carousel swings in both open and career versions of legacy mode during the off-season, so if you can't keep up the winning ways of an established school like Kentucky or UConn, you can expect to be on the hot seat before too long.Īnother important change to the mode is the influence of team unity to your team's fortunes. One of the biggest changes this year is that, unlike in College Hoops games of the past, you can be fired when playing in open mode. Sure the players may score the baskets but, in legacy mode, winning and losing is up to the coach.Īs in previous College Hoops games, legacy mode is split into two variations-open, which lets you take control of any team featured in the game, and the more challenging career version, which has you take the reins of schools with-how do we put this politely?-less-than-sterling basketball reputations, in the hopes of raising the fortunes of that team, and perhaps even moving on to bigger and better jobs as your career progresses.
With the upcoming release of 2K Sports' College Hoops 2K7, you'll get a chance to create some history of your own by guiding your own coaching career (and the teams you head) to virtual greatness in the game's legacy mode, which has undergone some tweaks this season. There are many good reasons to watch college basketball: The pageantry of the game and its fans, the "anything can happen" nature of the annual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, and, of course, the legacy of pride and history that long-successful teams have built over the course of many decades.
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